Template: libnss-ldapd/ldap-uris Type: string Default: ldap://127.0.0.1/ _Description: LDAP server Uniform Resource Identifier: Please enter the URI of the LDAP server used. This is a string in the form ldap://:/ . ldaps:// or ldapi:// can also be used. The port number is optional. . When useing the ldap or ldaps schemes it is usually a good idea to use an IP address; this reduces the risk of failure when name services are unavailable. . When using the ldapi scheme, %2f should be used to escape slashes (e.g. ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fldapi_sock/) . Multiple URIs can be be specified by separating them with spaces. Template: libnss-ldapd/ldap-base Type: string Default: dc=example,dc=net _Description: LDAP server search base: Please enter the distinguished name of the LDAP search base. Many sites use the components of their domain names for this purpose. For example, the domain "example.net" would use "dc=example,dc=net" as the distinguished name of the search base. Template: libnss-ldapd/ldap-binddn Type: string Default: _Description: LDAP database user: If the LDAP database requires a login for normal lookups, enter the name of the account that will be used here. Leave empty otherwise. . This value should be specified as a DN (distinguished name). Template: libnss-ldapd/ldap-bindpw Type: password _Description: LDAP user password: Enter the password that will be used to log in to the LDAP database. Template: libnss-ldapd/ldap-rootbinddn Type: string Default: cn=manager,dc=example,dc=net _Description: LDAP account for root: This account will be used for nss requests with root privileges. This can be used to give root processes more information (e.g. users' shadow entries or group passwords). . Leave this empty to not do anything special for root lookups. . This value should be specified as a DN (distinguished name). Template: libnss-ldapd/ldap-rootbindpw Type: password _Description: LDAP root account password: Enter the password that will be used to log in to the LDAP database when the root process does lookups. Template: libnss-ldapd/nsswitch Type: multiselect Choices: aliases, ethers, group, hosts, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services, shadow _Description: Name services to configure: For this package to work, you need to modify your /etc/nsswitch.conf to use the ldap datasource. . You can select the services that should be enabled or disabled for LDAP lookups. The new LDAP lookups will be added as last option. Be sure to review these changes.